impostor
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5.1
- noun
- /ɪmˈpɑːstər/
- UK
- The police arrested the impostor who was pretending to be a famous actor.
- prophet and impostor
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Watch on YouTubeWell, no, see, that's me being feeling like an imposter, you know what I mean?
- Well, no, see, that's me being feeling like an imposter, you know what I mean?
- So if someone is fake, someone's an imposter.
- So those imposters have to kill off the crew mates while they do their tasks.
- So I just got the job of my dreams, but I feel like an impostor.
- I I looked at the, the just the table of contents of it famous impostors.
- Narcissists and a narcissistic world can leave lots of people feeling like imposters.
- I think the people that feel like imposters maybe are just lacking the faith and the confidence in the path that they're taking.
- And and then with that ritual, you know, with that, like one of my students was saying the other day, why do I feel like an impostor?
- When she flew to England for an award in an audience with the Queen, she was detained by border agents as a suspected imposter.
- It was like, it was, I felt like an imposter like a lot of times, but I pushed through that and kept figuring it out.
- If he says yes, he would be judged to be the most pliable and serviceable of impostors.
Examples
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Arrest those impostors!
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However, when she went to visit Armand, he turned her away, declaring her an impostor.
Academic text (2010) -
I was told this impostor was dead.
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Maybe he is an impostor, and maybe the director found out.
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Because, obviously, one of us is looking at an impostor.
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She could very well be an impostor.
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-Don't let this impostor fool you!
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We have a brazen impostor in our midst.
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Who is this impostor?
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Reports are pouring in from all over the globe that an impostor is shamelessly impersonating Santa Claus.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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4.4
A person who pretends to be something they are not to trick others
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6.1
Something or someone that pretends to be real but is false
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3.7
A person who pretends to be someone they are not
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6.2
A person who pretends to have feelings or beliefs to deceive others
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4.8
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to take their money or valuables
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6.2
A person who pretends to be someone else to trick or entertain people
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6.0
A person who lies to or cheats others, often to have fun
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7.4
A person who lies about their job or skills to trick people
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4.0
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
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5.1
A person who pretends to be someone else to trick people and get money or other benefits
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5.2
A person who pretends to be someone else or lies to trick people
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5.4
A person who tricks people to take their money
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5.5
A person who tricks others by making them believe something not true
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6.2
A person who seems friendly but is actually dangerous or dishonest
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8.6
A person who pretends to be someone they are not
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6.7
A person who tricks people into believing something false for fun or attention
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7.2
A person who tricks people online to get their personal or bank details
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9.0
A person or device that pretends to be something else to deceive people
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9.9
A person who cheats others with tricks or fake deals
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9.9
A person who pretends to have skills or money to impress others
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7.9
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
A person who pretends to be someone else to get money or property
A person who pretends to be someone else to trick people
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Impostor comes from Latin parts im- ('in' or 'on') and ponere ('to put'), so it originally meant someone who 'puts on' a false role. Think of English words like impose or pose, because an impostor 'poses' as someone else to trick people, which is why the word means a person who pretends to be someone else to deceive others.